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Ep 158: Architects and iPads

August 25, 2024 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 158: Architects and iPads

I am going to do at least two things on today’s show – eat a little crow and talk about how I use my iPad. I get asked this question often enough to where I have been meaning to talk about why you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Episodes, Life in General, Office, Podcast, Technology, Tools of the Trade Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, Graphics, Podcast, sketching

088: Holiday Gift Guide for Architects (2021)

November 14, 2021 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

088: Holiday Gift Guide for Architects (2021)

It’s almost that gift-giving time of the year and if you have an architect in your life, you know that getting them a gift is not the most amazing experience since they are offensively specific – but … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Episodes, Holidays, Life in General, Materials and Products, Observations, Podcast, Products, Tools of the Trade Tagged With: Architects, Episodes, Gifts, Holiday, Podcast

Renderings for Residential Design

July 6, 2021 by Bob Borson 7 Comments

Renderings for Residential Design

If there is one thing that I love most about the design process, is that there is always something new to learn. This is generally true about the entire profession of architecture - things are always … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Design, Design Studio, Graphics, Residential, Tools of the Trade Tagged With: architects office, architectural studio, architectural technology, design studio, Graphics, Residential Architect

Printing Architectural 3D Models

June 21, 2021 by Bob Borson 9 Comments

Printing Architectural 3D Models

Architects have been using 3D printers for years so the process of printing architectural 3D models isn't new, but over the last two weeks, we have been experimenting with the process of creating a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Design, Design Studio, Hill Haus, Materials and Products, Products, Residential, Tools of the Trade Tagged With: Architects, architects office, architectural studio, architectural technology, design, Residential Architect

Architectural Graphics 101 – Symbols

May 24, 2021 by Bob Borson 3 Comments

Architectural Graphics 101 – Symbols

Time for the next installment of Architectural Graphics 101, and this time I decided to take a look at architectural symbols which are really wayfinding devices for our construction drawings. They are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architectural Graphics - The Series, Design Studio, Graphics, Tools of the Trade Tagged With: architects office, details, Graphics

What’s On My Desk?

February 1, 2021 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

What’s On My Desk?

I had a moment about a week ago that had to do with the simple question of "What's on my desk?" We are very busy up at the office and I have been putting in a lot of early mornings and late nights - … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design Studio, Do you want to be an Architect?, Observations, Products, Tools of the Trade Tagged With: architects office, architectural studio, Materials, Products

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